Emotional Suppression
Shane and Emily discuss how societal messages have taught men and women to suppress their emotions, leading to long-term impacts. Men are taught to disconnect from their feelings, while women are taught to suppress every emotion except for being pretty happy, yet calm, generous, and attentive to the needs of others. This message is a source of white women's tears and is used as a racist weapon.In this clip
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Emily Nagoski — The Knowledge Project #66
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How do negative experiences, such as being told at a young age or into adulthood how we should feel (e.g., feeling ashamed or not being allowed to feel sad), get encoded into our brains, and how does not having permission to feel our real, biological emotions impact our future decisions? This was discussed in the episode How to Find & Be a Great Romantic Partner | Lori Gottlieb, the episode Emily Nagoski — The Knowledge Project #66, the episode #614: Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life, and the clip Embracing Pain's Gift from the episode Dr. Marc Brackett: How to Increase Your Emotional Intelligence and the clip Permission to Feel.
How do negative experiences, such as being told at a young age or into adulthood how we should feel (e.g., feeling ashamed or not being allowed to feel sad), get encoded into our brains, and how does not having permission to feel our real, biological emotions impact our future decisions? This was discussed in the episodes How to Find & Be a Great Romantic Partner | Lori Gottlieb, Emily Nagoski — The Knowledge Project #66, #614: Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life, and the clips Embracing Pain's Gift from the episode Dr. Marc Brackett: How to Increase Your Emotional Intelligence and Permission to Feel.
How do negative experiences, such as being told at a young age or into adulthood how we should feel (e.g., feeling ashamed or not being allowed to feel sad), get encoded into our brains, and how does not having permission to feel our real, biological emotions impact our future decisions? This was discussed in the episode The Best Moments Of Modern Wisdom (2024), the episode How to Find & Be a Great Romantic Partner | Lori Gottlieb, the episode Emily Nagoski — The Knowledge Project #66, the episode #614: Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life, and the clip Embracing Pain's Gift from the episode Dr. Marc Brackett: How to Increase Your Emotional Intelligence and the clip Permission to Feel.